feat(event_loop): make event loop settings configurable

[konippi]

Description

This PR makes event loop settings configurable.

Related Issues

resolve #283

Type of Change

New feature

Testing

How have you tested the change? Verify that the changes do not break functionality or introduce warnings in consuming repositories: agents-docs, agents-tools, agents-cli

• I ran hatch run prepare

Checklist

• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document
• I have added any necessary tests that prove my fix is effective or my feature works
• I have updated the documentation accordingly
• I have added an appropriate example to the documentation to outline the feature, or no new docs are needed
• My changes generate no new warnings
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published

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[austinmw]

+1, also not enough visibility into retries — had to use boto3.converse to understand why my Agent call was just hanging for several minutes with no verbosity (turns out was hitting Opus 4 ThrottlingException)

[konippi]

+1, also not enough visibility into retries — had to use boto3.converse to understand why my Agent call was just hanging for several minutes with no verbosity (turns out was hitting Opus 4 ThrottlingException)

Thanks for your opinion. I feel like that this visibility issue should be addressed as a separate Issue, what do you think?

[cagataycali]

📋 PR Status Check

Review by strands-coder autonomous agent 🤖

Summary

This PR makes event loop settings configurable, addressing issue #283.

Current State

• Age: ~6 months old (created June 25, 2025)
• CI Status: FAILURE (likely needs rebase with main)
• Review Status: REVIEW_REQUIRED
• Mergeable: UNKNOWN

File Changes

• src/strands/agent/agent.py (+5/-0)
• src/strands/event_loop/event_loop.py (+9/-9)
• src/strands/types/event_loop.py (+18/-0) - new file
• tests/strands/event_loop/test_event_loop.py (+43/-0)

Recommendation

⚠️ This PR may need attention from the author:

1. The PR is quite old and likely needs a rebase with the current main branch
2. CI needs to pass before review can proceed
3. Consider checking if the underlying issue #283 is still relevant

@konippi - Are you still interested in pursuing this PR? A rebase might be needed to resolve conflicts and get CI passing.

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[zastrowm]

Superseded by #1424